... 's book explores Washington's uncomfortable relationship with slaves and slavery, and chronicles how this very imperfect man grew until he became very uncomfortable indeed with the institution that marred our nation's founding. The book, His Excellency George Washington, by Joseph J. Ellis, examines how the defeats he suffered as a young officer taught him the lessons he needed for victory in the Revolution, and how this one person held the country together, both in war and in peace. David McCullough's 1776 ...
... the words that he spoke. The question, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” (v. 22), suggests pleasant surprise at hearing ... 19–21). For further discussion see James A. Sanders, “From Isaiah 61 to Luke 4,” in J. Neusner, ed., Christianity, Judaism and Other Greco-Roman Cults (Morton Smith Festschrift; Leiden: Brill, 1975), pp ... :58; 14:19). That Luke (or the mob) had this thought in mind is not certain. Ellis (p. 98) thinks that the episode foreshadows “the day of his execution” (Luke 23:26–33). Lachs ...
... creation. Children know that kind of exhilaration instinctively. In his book SERMON IN STONE, Mel Ellis tells of a class of geography students. They had taken a tour of the earth ... Albert Hall. Sitting on the platform were various dignitaries and famous people. Joseph Fort Newton, an American clergyman, was sitting next to George Bernard Shaw. ... risen Christ in service to the world. Christ still walks that valley today. Arthur J. Gossip, was visiting his parishioners in a working district of Glasgow. At four o' ...
